Gratitude & Mercy (1)

أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ ٱلضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرۡحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ

Transliteration

Annani massaniyad-durru wa anta arhamur-rahimeen

Translation

Indeed, adversity has touched me, and You are the Most Merciful of the merciful.

Notes

This is the dua of Prophet Ayyub (AS) during his illness. It teaches us to turn to Allah in times of hardship.

SourceSurah Al-Anbiya 21:83

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Declaration of Faith & Obedience (1)

سَمِعۡنَا وَأَطَعۡنَاۤ‌ غُفۡرَانَكَ رَبَّنَا وَإِلَيۡكَ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ

We hear and we obey. [We seek] Your forgiveness, our Lord, and to You is the [final] destination.

Surah Al-Baqarah 2:285

Declaration of Faith & Obedience (2)

رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ جَامِعُ النَّاسِ لِيَوْمٍ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُخْلِفُ الْمِيعَادَ

Our Lord, surely You will gather the people for a Day about which there is no doubt. Indeed, Allah does not fail in His promise.

Surah Al-Imran 3:9

Declaration of Faith & Obedience (3)

رَبَّنَا آمَنَّا بِمَا أَنْزَلْتَ وَاتَّبَعْنَا الرَّسُولَ فَاكْتُبْنَا مَعَ الشَّاهِدِينَ

Our Lord, we have believed in what You revealed and have followed the messenger, so register us among the witnesses [to truth].

Surah Al-Imran 3:53

Declaration of Faith & Obedience (4)

رَبَّنَآ ءَامَنَّا فَٱكْتُبْنَا مَعَ ٱلشَّٰهِدِينَ

Our Lord, we have believed, so register us among the witnesses.

Surah Al-Maidah 5:83

Declaration of Faith & Obedience (5)

رَبُّنَا رَبُّ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلۡأَرۡضِ لَن نَّدۡعُوَاْ مِن دُونِهِۦٓ إِلَـٰهً۬ا‌ لَّقَدۡ قُلۡنَآ إِذً۬ا شَطَطً۬آ

Our Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth. Never will we invoke besides Him any deity. We would have certainly spoken, then an excessive transgression.

Surah Al-Kahf 18:14

Declaration of Faith & Obedience (6)

رَّبَّنَا عَلَيۡكَ تَوَكَّلۡنَا وَإِلَيۡكَ أَنَبۡنَا وَإِلَيۡكَ ٱلۡمَصِيرُ

Our Lord, upon You we have relied, and to You we have returned, and to You is the destination.

Surah Al-Mumtahanah 60:4

Goodness in Both Worlds (1)

رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ

Our Lord, give us in this world [that which is] good and in the Hereafter [that which is] good and protect us from the punishment of the Fire.

Surah Al-Baqarah 2:201

Goodness in Both Worlds (2)

رَبَّنَا وَءَاتِنَا مَا وَعَدتَّنَا عَلَى رُسُلِكَ وَلَا تُخْزِنَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّكَ لَا تُخْلِفُ الْمِيعَادَ

Our Lord, grant us what You promised us through Your messengers and do not disgrace us on the Day of Resurrection. Indeed, You do not fail in [Your] promise.

Surah Al-Imran 3:194

Goodness in Both Worlds (3)

رَبَّنَآ أَتۡمِمۡ لَنَا نُورَنَا وَٱغۡفِرۡ لَنَآ إِنَّكَ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ قَدِيرٞ

Our Lord, perfect for us our light and forgive us. Indeed, You are over all things competent.

Surah At-Tahrim 66:8

Goodness in Both Worlds (4)

رَبَّنَا وَأَدۡخِلۡهُمۡ جَنَّـٰتِ عَدۡنٍ ٱلَّتِي وَعَدتَّهُمۡ وَمَن صَلَحَ مِنۡ ءَابَآئِهِمۡ وَأَزۡوَٰجِهِمۡ وَذُرِّيَّـٰتِهِمۡۚ إِنَّكَ أَنتَ ٱلۡعَزِيزُ ٱلۡحَكِيمُ وَقِهِمُ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ

Our Lord, and admit them to gardens of perpetual residence which You have promised them and whoever was righteous among their fathers, their spouses and their offspring. Indeed, it is You who is the Exalted in Might, the Wise. And protect them from the evil consequences [of their deeds].

Surah Ghafir 40:8-9